Regret Came Too Late

On the other hand, Grace and Selene had already returned to their place.

Selene casually flipped her hair, clearly pleased with the events of the evening.

She stretched out a hand in front of Grace. "I like your personality. How about we go shopping together sometime?"

Since waking up, Grace hadn't made any new acquaintances besides her friend, Joanne. She shrugged off any reservations and shook Selene's hand casually.

"Sure."

Selene then waved her off. "Alright. I'll head inside, then."

The two went their separate ways.

...

Grace was drained from the day's events, so after a quick shower, she collapsed into bed and fell asleep immediately.

The following day, while she was immersed in her tasks, she was told someone was downstairs asking for her.

When she went down, she saw Carmen and Liam waiting for her.

Liam was leaning against a nearby pillar with his arms crossed, avoiding eye contact with Grace. However, Carmen stormed up to her and immediately launched into a tirade.

"Why did you block everyone's numbers? You didn't even come home last night! We've been trying to find you everywhere! Alice had another incident! She was kidnapped! She's traumatized, and everyone's still talking about that audio recording.

"Grace, I won't say much more, but you need to admit that you're the one who doctored that recording."

Grace slowly sat down on the couch in the lobby. "So, you came to see me just for this?"

her tone self-righteous. "This is the most urgent issue

to it, then you must already suspect that the voice in the recording belongs to Alice, right? It's not a doctored recording. She was just simply trying to frame me, but it got exposed. Now, she can't back out,

me.

your eyes. It won't matter to you

with guilt, but she remained silent for several seconds before saying, "You've already been criticized

that was still half filled with tea

was drenched, and she looked up at Grace in

not to talk to me while acting so high and mighty.

want her to suffer, just shift the blame to Liam. Or is it that you just can't bring yourself

was trembling, her lips quivering as she tried to speak. "Grace, how... did you turn out

recognize her anymore. Was this really

hair behind her ear and shot her a glance. "Don't come looking for me for this kind of thing

She stared at Grace's cold, unyielding back as

Liam's questions didn't stop.

Is what Grace said true? Did you already know that the recording wasn't doctored? If that's the case, why are you even here? Isn't this just blatant

a sharp

"Shut up!"

in shock. He had never been slapped by anyone except for

her actions. Her heart ached as she

"Do

I want this

have no idea

of life she lived outside.O Everything she has suffered is all because of Grace. How am I supposed to look at her with

scent of tea

parents are scumbags. She was raised in an

her to use her as a child bride for their idiot